The Pittsburgh Penguins have taken quick steps to replace the departed Marian Hossa.

Pittsburgh has verbally agreed to deals with forwards Miroslav Satan and Ruslan Fedotenko.

Both deals are one-year contracts, with Satan earning $3.5 million next year and Fedotenko $2.5 million.

Satan, twice selected to the All-Star game, scored 16 goals and added 25 assists in 80 games last season for the New York Islanders. The native of the Czech Republic has 685 points in 947 career NHL games.

Fedotenko marked 16 goals and 17 assists in just 67 games last season, also for the Islanders. Fedotenko was sidelined for parts of the year with a knee injury.

motter1975

07-03-2008, 03:53 PM

So, Satan is now a Penguin, huh? Talk about making a deal with the devil. I guess they are serious about winning a Stanley Cup! :D

RuthlessBurgher

07-03-2008, 04:01 PM

If Fedotenko and Satan play on Sidney's wings, and Staal moves up to play alongside Malkin and Sykora instead of centering the 3rd line, you could make a "Canadian, a Russian, and a Czech walk into a bar" joke featuring both of our top two lines (I don't care if the new guys are technically Ukrainian and Slovakian now...they'll always be Russian and Czech to me :lol: ).